foHRsight: HR, Leadership & the Future of Work

In this week’s episode, co-hosts Mark Edgar and Naomi Titleman have the opportunity to catch-up and to give their views on SHRM’s decision to take the E out of DEI as announced here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/shrm_shrm24-inclusionanddiversity-workplacechange-activity-7216474717606608900-gU-H/ At the SHRM conference in July, SHRM President & CEO Johnny C. Taylor Jr announced that: “We&apos...

Co-host Naomi Titleman has Brian Elliott as a guest on this week’s podcast. Brian is a leadership advisor, and author. He was co-founder of Future Forum and has been in senior roles at Slack and Google. They have a rich conversation about flexibility and the future of work. And you can connect with Brian on LinkedIn here Join our community If you’re interested in being part of these conversations,...

In this week’s episode, co-host Mark Edgar gets to chat with Amanda Julian co-founder of Monark where she is Chief Science Officer. Amanda shares her experience as an entrepreneur building a leadership plstform that can be scaled to all levels. You can learn more about Monark’s work here And you can connect with Amanda on LinkedIn here Join our community If you’re interested in being part of these...

In this week’s episode, co-host Mark Edgar gets to chat with consultant, coach and author Paul McCarthy about how our approach to leadership has failed and why it is time to do something radically different. You can learn more about Paul’s work here And you can connect with Paul on LinkedIn here Join our community If you’re interested in being part of these conversations, consider joining our foHR...

In this week’s episode, co-host Naomi Titleman connects with diversity, equity and inclusion expert Carolyn Lawrence. Carolyn provides great insights about how to bring design thinking in to your day to day routines. You can learn more about her work at CLCO here And you can connect with Carolyn on LinkedIn here! Join our community If you’re interested in being part of these conversations, conside...

In this week's episode co-host Naomi Titleman connects with COO and Partner at IDEO Jennifer Riel. Jennifer has been a future foHRward friend for some time having partnered with us in 2016 for our inaugural event when she was a professor at Rotman Business School. In the podcast Jennifer shares her perspectives and thinking on human-centred design and integrative thinking. You can learn more...

In this week’s episode, co-host Mark Edgar connects with foHRsight+ community member Liz McSavaney who is VP HR for global insurance company Zurich based in Toronto. In addition to sharing her story about getting in to HR, Liz provides insights in to their corporate priority of creating a culture of development. It’s a great example of how HR teams respond to business needs to build programs to me...

In this week’s episode, co-host Naomi Titleman Colla connects with hybrid expert Gleb Tsipursky about making your hybrid work strategy successful. Here are some articles of Gleb’s articles on hybrid work and how it relates to productivity and mental health: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-gleb-tsipursky_the-end-of-the-9-to-5-why-hybrid-and-remote-activity-7193326318573228033-yYev?utm_source=shar...

In this week’s episode, co-host Naomi Titleman Colla has an opportunity to connect with former Amex colleague Ian OKeefe. Ian is a people analytics and transformation leader. He is founder and CEO of ikona – a consulting firm focused on supporting HR departments with their people analytics strategies. In the conversation they talk about how people analytics has evolved and how to unlock value in y...

In this week’s episode, co-host Mark Edgar connects with author and consultant Catherine Oliver on the important topic of working parents. Catherine’s book Working Parents-to-be has recently been published and in this episode she shares insights from her book to help those becoming working parents navigate parental leave and strategies for organizations to support working parents. You can learn mo...

In this week’s episode, co-host Naomi Titleman Colla gets to spend tine with HR consultant and author Lori-Ann Duguay who shares her insights about creating a people powered culture. A culture where people feel seen, heard and valued. Lori shares insights from her book The Happiness Factor about how to create workplaces where you attract and retain the best people. To learn more about Lori’s compa...

Having spent 25 years as a global executive recruiter, Peter Grech of August Leadership shares his perspective on how the world of work has changed. He provides guidance for companies looking to compete in a competitive talent market and how candiates should position themselves so they stand out. To learn more about August Leadership, this is their website: https://www.augustleadership.com/ And yo...

In this week’s episode of foHRsight from future foHRward, co-host Mark Edgar has the opportunity to connect with Beth Corcoran. Beth is a former HR executive, coach, consultant and lifetime learner. They share insights on the importance of taking an evidence based approach to HR based on collecting data. You can follow Beth on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-corcoran-ma-chrl-bb8845...

In this week’s episode of foHRsight from future foHRward, co-host Mark Edgar has the opportunity to connect with Brian Slomka a Partner at Odgers Berndtson. Brian shares his story about getting in to the recruitment industry and shares his insights on the world of work. As a lead in Odger’s interim practice he also explains more about fractional work and the value of considering these (not so new)...

In this week’s episode of foHRsight from future foHRward, co-host Mark Edgar has the opportunity to connect with Leandra Harris, Managing Director of employer brand and recruitment marketing agency Blu Ivy Group. To learn more about Leandra’s work at Blu Ivy Group, this is their website: https://bluivygroup.com/   Join our community If you’re interested in being part of these conversations, consid...

In this week’s episode of foHRsight, co-host Mark Edgar connects with Kareen Proudian, Managing Partner of Faculty of Change. Kareen is a career strategist who spends her time exploring the far reaching elements of society with her anthropologist business partner to identify the trends impacting work. She shares more insight on their craft of strategic foresight and introduces some weak signals of...

In this week’s episode of foHRsight from future foHRward, hosts Mark Edgar and Naomi Titleman Colla debate an article from the Academcy to Innovate HR (AIHR) on the challenges facing HR. You can access the article here: https://www.aihr.com/blog/state-of-hr/   They review the challenges and provide their own unique perspective on how much these challenges exist and how they can be shifted to prese...

In this week’s episode of foHRsight from future foHRward, co-host Mark Edgar has the opportunity to connect with fellow Brit, think partner and community builder Garry Turner. Mark and Garry had the opportunity to meet in person for the first time at a recent Freedom at Work conference event in Miami and that sparked a conversation exploring the intersectionality of mindset, work and community. In...

In this week’s episode of foHRsight from future foHRward, hosts Mark Edgar and Naomi Titleman Colla have the opportunity to connect and share insights from 3 stories that have been hitting the news waves in their community foHRsight+. The first article from Business Insider article from middle of February picks up the theme that the power balance is perhaps shifting and that some companies are usi...

In Part 2 of Naomi's conversation with Josh Bersin, they talk about the impact of GenAI on HR, and specifically about: The Josh Bersin Company's new AI Assistant, Galileo How HR is positioned to be a key partner in the development and use of responsible AI How HR can upskill themselves to be more comfortable using AI The biggest opportunities for HR in 2024 And of course they end with a...

It's still us - We have a shiny new look! In this week’s episode of foHRsight Naomi Titleman is joined by Josh Bersin who has just returned from the transform conference in Las Vegas. They talk about: A year since irresistible released – what’s shifted / what new trends are Josh following? An update on skills organizations Talent Density – what does it mean and why does it matter for performa...

In this week’s episode of foHRsight Naomi Titleman is joined by Jaime Klein – Founder & CEO of Inspire Human Resources. In the episode Jaime shares the inspiration behind her organizaiton providing fractional HR support to a range of businesses. They explore the value of having fractional support both for the individual who is part of the worker ecosystem and the organization. They also explor...

In this week’s episode of foHRsight Naomi Titleman is joined by Dave Cairns who shares his story as a Digital Homad (not nomad!) who moved to Prince Edward Island and has maximized the life in the distributed work world! Link to Flex Index report (correction - it’s 93% of companies founded in 21-23 and 85% excluding tech that offer work location flexibility) Link to Atlassian report  Learn more ab...

In this week’s episode co-host Mark Edgar had the pleasure of connecting with Hive Learning to explore the opportunities and challenges facing learning teams as they explore using GenAI. If used in the right way, GenAI ultimately can ensure you create relevant, quality content at speed, but it requires organizations having clarity around the problem you are looking to solve. She shares 3 useful us...

In this week’s episode, co-host Naomi Titleman has the opportunity to connect with long-time family friend, consultant, board advisor and coach Ralph Shedletsky. Ralph shares valuable insights based on a long career in talent assessment. This includes the do’s and don’t of succession planning, the partnership between the CEO and the CHRO, how to manage expectations from the board and challenges fo...